GB 1538 S52 - Midwifery Certificates

Two outsize folders

S52/1: found in the attic of a house in Carlisle and presented to the RCOG by Dr Josephine Williamson, date unknownS52/2: persented to the College Library by N Hamilton of Messrs Geering and Colyer estate agents, via K Cooper FRCOG, in 1987S52/3: presented to the RCOG by Dr G O Barber in 1958.
GB 1538 S52 1757-1892 Collection (fonds) Two outsize folders Smellie , William , 1697-1753 , physician and obstetrician
Obstetrical Society of London

The series comprises midwifery certificates awarded in the C18 and C19.

S52/1: found in the attic of a house in Carlisle and presented to the RCOG by Dr Josephine Williamson, date unknownS52/2: persented to the College Library by N Hamilton of Messrs Geering and Colyer estate agents, via K Cooper FRCOG, in 1987S52/3: presented to the RCOG by Dr G O Barber in 1958.

All items passed to the Archives from other College departments at an unknown date.

Midwifery certificates donated to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, comprising certificate of competence in midwifery presented to John Harvey, signed by William Smellie M D obstetrician, on 1 Dec 1757 (S52/1); certificate in midwifery awarded to Esther Lavinia Potter by the Obstetrical Society of London on 24 Oct 1888 (S52/2); certificate in midwifery awarded to Isabella Board by the Obstetrical Society of London in 1892 (S52/3).

No further accruals are expected.

Arranged in order as given in scope and content

Open

Out of copyright. S52/3 is too fragile to be copied.
English

S52/3 is in a very poor condition

The College Librarian's correspondence, 1987, re S52/2 is at B6/4. Library correspondence, 1968, re William Smellie, is at B6/5. A copy of an advertisement in the Daily Advertiser, 1746, for a series of lectures in midwifery by Smellie is at s22. A portrait photograph of Smellie is at PH21/2. A printed announcement of a meeting of the Ostetrical Society of London, 1866, is at S16.

Compiled by Clare Cowling, Archivist, RCOG National council on archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second edition, 2000 20 June 2001 Associations Board , Isabella , fl 1892 , midwife Harvey , John , fl 1746 , physician Higher science education Medical education Medical sciences Midwifery Nursing Obstetrical Society of London Organizations Potter , Esther Lavinia , fl 1888 , midwife Professional associations Smellie , William , 1697-1753 , physician and obstetrician Surgery

All items passed to the Archives from other College departments at an unknown date.

Midwifery certificates donated to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, comprising certificate of competence in midwifery presented to John Harvey, signed by William Smellie M D obstetrician, on 1 Dec 1757 (S52/1); certificate in midwifery awarded to Esther Lavinia Potter by the Obstetrical Society of London on 24 Oct 1888 (S52/2); certificate in midwifery awarded to Isabella Board by the Obstetrical Society of London in 1892 (S52/3).

No further accruals are expected.

Arranged in order as given in scope and content

Open

Out of copyright. S52/3 is too fragile to be copied.

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English

The College Librarian's correspondence, 1987, re S52/2 is at B6/4. Library correspondence, 1968, re William Smellie, is at B6/5. A copy of an advertisement in the Daily Advertiser, 1746, for a series of lectures in midwifery by Smellie is at s22. A portrait photograph of Smellie is at PH21/2. A printed announcement of a meeting of the Ostetrical Society of London, 1866, is at S16.

National council on archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second edition, 2000

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